Thu, 10 Mar, 2011 - 17:45
Hundreds of Libyan rebels have fled a key oil port under a barrage of rockets and tank shells from government forces.
The defeat expands Muammar Gaddafi’s control of Libya as Western nations struggle to find a way to stop him.
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